Momir Bulatovic

Momir Bulatovic (21 September 1956-) was President of Montenegro from 23 December 1990 to 15 January 1998, preceding Milo Dukanovic. He also served as Prime Minister of FR Yugoslavia from 19 May 1998 to 4 November 2000, succeeding Radoje Kontic and preceding Zoran Zizic.

Biography
Momir Bulatovic was born in Belgrade, SR Serbia, Yugoslavia in 1956, the son of a Yugoslav People's Army officer from Montenegro. He rose in the ranks of the SKJ and became an ally of Slobodan Milosevic during the 1980s. In 1989, Milosevic made Bulatovic the new head of the League of Communists of Montenegro, and he opposed Slovenia during its struggle with Milosevic's Serbian government. From 1990 to 1998, Bulatovic served as President of Montenegro, and he lost the 1997 election to Milo Dukanovic, who removed him from the Democratic Party of Socialists of Montenegro. He served as Prime Minister of FR Yugoslavia from 1998 to 2000, and he went on to found his own party, the People's Socialist Party of Montenegro, after breaking from the Socialist People's Party of Montenegro.